Jerry Brady on Tax Reform

Remove tax breaks for media

Brady, a newspaper publisher & media company president, said he would eliminate laws that exempt sales tax from being paid on broadcast & publishing equipment. The sales tax breaks "have no utility except to make life easier for my company," said Brady,
who owns the Post Register newspaper and KIFI-TV in Idaho Falls. "Why should I be singled out to receive those special favors that no one else is receiving?" The purchases would generate about $1.9 million for the state if the exemptions were removed.